Society & Culture
Olivia and her family own DeVooght Farms and run DeVooght’s General Store in Skandia, where they sell food they produce, as well as products from other local farmers. Their dairy barn roof collapsed in 2019 after 14 feet of snowfall, Olivia had to decide if they wanted to rebuild or quit altogether. They continued to press on, because as Olivia said, “The milk prices aren’t good, but the lifestyle is.” She and her husband Craig just welcomed a new baby, Hazel Anne. Listen as Olivia talks about: How milking robots work, and what interesting behaviors cows have How their farm and general store complement each other One of the worst days of her life after a month of shoveling Her Earth Day baby and the perfect picture What you learn when you go from raising 40 chickens to 600 FaceBook Page